Category: Mix

Atheism: More Aggressive vs. Group, Less vs. Individuals
13
Apr
2025

Atheism: More Aggressive vs. Group, Less vs. Individuals

I think I’ve made a decision to be more direct in my attacks against beliefs in the supernatural (including religion)….

Git: Ignore WordPress Cache Files using .gitignore
13
Apr
2025

Git: Ignore WordPress Cache Files using .gitignore

I’ve had a nagging problem for some time where I couldn’t figure out quite how to ignore my wp-content/cache directory…

Use Splunk as Your Remote Syslog Server
13
Apr
2025

Use Splunk as Your Remote Syslog Server

So I’ve been messing with Splunk> a bit recently, and as part of that I’ve been sending logs from iptables,…

Religious Moderates Are Those Who Reject God’s Clearly Stated Commands Using Their Own [Human] Morality as Justification
13
Apr
2025

Religious Moderates Are Those Who Reject God’s Clearly Stated Commands Using Their Own [Human] Morality as Justification

I’ve written before about my issues with religious moderates who build their own religions by arbitrarily rejecting and embracing various…

Scenario Prepping as an Investment Strategy
13
Apr
2025

Scenario Prepping as an Investment Strategy

I had an interesting idea last week about investing. The idea is that you get a bunch of experts in…

When is an Idea Ridiculous?
13
Apr
2025

When is an Idea Ridiculous?

I’ve been debating here for quite some time the question of how direct, or even confrontational, to be with those…

A Simple Script for Harvesting DNS, Country, State, and City Information From a List of IP Addresses
13
Apr
2025

A Simple Script for Harvesting DNS, Country, State, and City Information From a List of IP Addresses

My buddy at work asked me if I could find some location information for a list of IPs. I knew…

A Deductive Moral Argument for Helping Those Who Fail
13
Apr
2025

A Deductive Moral Argument for Helping Those Who Fail

There is no supernatural origin of free will. All human action is the product of the interaction of a finite…

Twitter Explained in Three Paragraphs
13
Apr
2025

Twitter Explained in Three Paragraphs

People struggle with why Twitter is special. It’s special because it counters, better than any other technology, the timeless social…

Does Your Morality Come from God or From Within?
13
Apr
2025

Does Your Morality Come from God or From Within?

One of the most common arguments from the religious is that without God there would be no morality. Non-believers reject…

Three Ways of Learning About the World
13
Apr
2025

Three Ways of Learning About the World

There are three fundamental ways of learning about the world, and they map well to concepts we’re all familiar with:…

The Connected Web: Why It’s Time For Strong Authentication
13
Apr
2025

The Connected Web: Why It’s Time For Strong Authentication

It’s getting exciting in the world of cross-network authentication. Let’s review. I can now: We’re quickly approaching the point where…